Proven Ways on How to Recover Damaged or Lost Data From an External Hard Drive
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Proven Ways on How to Recover Damaged or Lost Data From an External Hard Drive
Posted: Sep 14, 2010 |Comments: 0
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As time passes by and Moore’s Law of expanding technology continually affects the information technology world, the capacity at which our computers can store data has increased a thousand-fold.
If you have been in the information technology industry ever since during heyday of the early 90′s, you remember well how big a 25-megabyte hard disc might look like — nearly as big as half a standard oil barrel. For 21st century folks like us, a hard drive the size of which you can hide in is like a really bad joke. We treat it as such because currently, we normally store hundreds of videos and thousands of songs in compact memory cards, miniature hard drives, and cute-looking servers no larger than the size of our cupboard.
In the past, you have to lug around machinery to transfer large bunches of data, and even several years ago, we had to carry stacks of compact disks to share information. Now we carry around entire programs, databases, and multimedia files in our flash drives which we attach to our key holders and stuff in our pockets.
Besides, we also have external hard disk drives (HDD). Hard disk drives are still the mainstays of computer data storage. However there are so-called external hard disk drives that can be attached to the computer using certain ports. An external HDD is extremely useful for transferring large amounts of information between computers. Popular interfaces that enable hard drives to connect to almost any computer include, USB, FireWire, eSATA, and Ethernet.
For all its stability and robustness, human errors still make their mark in data keeping. There are and will be times that we will inadvertently erase data on an external hard disk drive, and then cringe that we have just deleted files that can never be brought back. However, external hard drive data recovery is quite easy to do and inexpensive if you have got the right resources.
- Download from the Internet a file recovery program. There are free software available on the Internet, but if you want the better ones, you can buy them online.
- Install them on your personal computer.
- Open the program and select the drive letter that designates your attached external hard drive.
- Run the scan. How long the scan and the retrieval process may take depends on the size of your hard disk.
Following these steps will increases the chances of successfully performing external hard drive data recovery.
External Hard Drive Data Recovery is easy to do with Data Recovery Software. If you Scan Your Computer it will detect and recover all the accidentally deleted, lost digital photos, mp3 and video files from External Hard Drive or other data storage devices.
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#1 by ITSmj9291 on December 28, 2010 - 5:30 am
buying 1 is still beter cos u have more memory o it
#2 by dava4321 on December 28, 2010 - 5:49 am
hey av got an 500g External Hard Drive and it wont let me put a 1080p film file on it or any MKV film file over 7gig on it, anyone no why? or how to fix it? thanks
#3 by dwarfminerwillie on December 28, 2010 - 6:02 am
i was wanting to get an external harddrive because i heard that it gives you more space…i wanted that becuase WoW is takeing up all my space with cataclysm and i want to play my other pc games like tf2 and such. so does a external hard drive give more space?BTW my pc isent bad its just my harddrive is so dam small
#4 by MrNurazlan on December 28, 2010 - 6:04 am
i got to my demo, external hard drive is still so cool =)
#5 by Renma2010 on December 28, 2010 - 6:07 am
By any chance would anyone no what type of HDD is in my WD 500GB my book essential spec. wise. Basically all I need to know is three thing’s; it’s HDD Form Factor, Rotation Speed, and Serial. (I need to no if I can use it in my PS3)
#6 by DaveSimonH on December 28, 2010 - 6:52 am
Or pick up a 2.5″ sata drive and enclosure, more expensive but can fit in you pocket and can run from USB power (so no mains adapter necessary).
Good idea if you are upgrading a laptop HDD to pick up an enclosure for the old one.
#7 by STARR222008 on December 28, 2010 - 7:01 am
wow seems way cheaper than buying one
#8 by timtallisman on December 28, 2010 - 7:29 am
Perfect.. exept for one word.. hotswapable’s :]
#9 by danieldvs100 on December 28, 2010 - 8:00 am
@oconano ha ha ha ha ha ha are you serious?!
#10 by coolmafiaboy on December 28, 2010 - 8:37 am
it might be useful sometimes …
#11 by xbris117 on December 28, 2010 - 9:18 am
Nice USB printer cable. Way to be different and old school.
#12 by Julesdabear77 on December 28, 2010 - 10:01 am
@stupidmonkey121 you can buy a ribbon cable extension for ribbon cables at most pc repair stores like compusa. you may wanna look into a sata drive better than adapter
#13 by stupidmonkey121 on December 28, 2010 - 10:58 am
help i have windows 7 and got a ide hd i just put in a case and it keeps disconecting sum 1 help
#14 by ramses601 on December 28, 2010 - 10:59 am
cool
#15 by XxDatBlonde1xX on December 28, 2010 - 11:15 am
it’s fricking 40$
#16 by moopshock on December 28, 2010 - 12:09 pm
But thats not the point of buying an external harddrive is it?.. so its its on the outside?… its for space lots of it
#17 by Jaguar2358 on December 28, 2010 - 1:07 pm
I like your vid but you shoul say “SERIAL ATA” no sata
#18 by t3hsniper on December 28, 2010 - 1:54 pm
@j00jy That’s assuming you have an old laptop laying around. I only use my external drive at my desktop except the one I was required to have for a class for college. Which is why I bought a WD green 1TB drive for storage to replace it and just put it inside my case. In the end, yes it is cheaper if you have the enclosure already or a hard drive already. Though you can usually get a better price just buying an external drive already built if you need both(If you look in the right places).
#19 by j00jy on December 28, 2010 - 2:49 pm
@t3hsniper You can use a harddrive from an old laptop…
#20 by dekarateman on December 28, 2010 - 3:37 pm
Trust me i have learned and you saved me money,thanks men!
#21 by t3hsniper on December 28, 2010 - 4:04 pm
It’s actually not all that cheap when a good external enclosure usually costs 30-50 bucks, plus the cost of a hard drive. If you just have one laying around then why not just plug it in your case instead anyways.
#22 by YouKnowItzTTime81 on December 28, 2010 - 4:18 pm
plz help me out, i have a western digital mybook essentials 500gb external harddrive and my usb port part broke.what do i need 2 do so i can use my external harddrive again?i dont know if i have to take parts off 2 use an enclosure kit.
#23 by Oodole on December 28, 2010 - 4:58 pm
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#25 by CouncilHater2009 on December 28, 2010 - 5:31 pm
CouncilHater2009 i can you tell me what i would need to start Recovering Data from any old harddrive what sort of tools or kit i need to buy for any harddrive old and reformat like what sort of tools IDE & SATA 2.5 or 3.5
as i want to make external harddrives for family and i have been given two old drives can you help and tell me what i would need to buy and if i can give back data to friends that have give me there harddrives if i can do it for them